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Oh yeah your supply will definitely diminish if you slow down the pumping. Good news though, it builds back up within a day or 2 if it does go down. I understand pumping can really be annoying and inconvenient sometimes but giving him pumped b___stmilk is better for him than giving him formula. But formula is not bad for babies, like some people in here will have you believe. How do they think adopted babies get fed??

I do this every week. I am good about pumping when I work but terrible on the weekends. My milk always builds back up again. I still b___stfeed my son in the morning. It's kind of like our bonding time and I'll be sad to let that go when the day comes. I don't hate b___stfeeding but I work full time so I can't b___stfeed full time.

i was just wondering i would rather pump then breats feed.... but they wont let you pump in the hospital... so could i just give the baby formula till i get home then start to pump and feed he/she b___st milk from then on? or will it hurt the baby switching so early?

I have a friend who could not b___stfeed her son because of problems with the roof of the babys mouth, and she pumped all his feeds until he was five months old with no problems at all, and then she supplemented with formula (by choice) until she weaned. I was advised to pump more to produce more milk because its the sucking action that stimulates milk production. I think the main thing that diminishes your supply is supplementing with formula, but i did it too from four months until i weaned at six months and I think that if i had continued to b___stfeed exclusively I would have kept at it longer. But its personal choice, whatever suits you and your baby. You know best.

my sister in law couldn't get her daughter to latch and pumped for a year!! as long as you have a good pump you can do it!!

SOMETHING I JUST LEARNED...My Dr. just told me the other day that pumping is NOT the same as b___stfeeding. I was planning on pumping breatmilk and bottle feeding, but my Dr. said that it is not the same. (which is why it didnt' work with my first. I just thought my milk never came in.) She said that MOST women can not just pump because it is the actual nipple stimulation that sends the release of hormones to your brain that signals milk let down and the amount of milk needed, that you just do not get with pumping. I pumped every half hour to an hour the first time adn never got any more than 2 ounces out and after a week and a half I couldn't get any more out at all. My Dr. said taht is why. You need to get into a schedule of b___stfeeding and then you can pump also, as long as you still b___stfeed too. Thats what my Dr. told me. She said if I have to start pumping so I can go back to work, then pump during the day, but be sure to b___stfeed at night so that the milk will continue to come in.

That sounds kinda crazy since so many people pump exclusively. I have a few friends who have done it successfully due to latch problems, and it sounds like a couple of people on this board also have done it successfully. I read this post becase I have been having problems with my 5 week old and am considering weaning via pumping (ie: just spreading out the intervals between pumping each week until I dry up).

I know a girl that just pumped because her son had to be bottle fed becasue he was premature. She rented the pump from the hospital which is supposed to work better if you are not b___stfeeding at all.

I completely understand pumping if you work full time or if there is complications. But to pump because you just don't feel like b___st feeding seems selfish to me and lazy to me. My friend has a 5 month old she never b___st fed. She makes a bottle with formula, sticks her on the couch and props up the bottle with a blanket, then goes in the other room. Why don't some women want that bonding time?? I dont get it!

What I don't understand is why some women are so quick to call another woman selfish or lazy. Some women choose to pump instead of b___stfeeding bc they don't want to have that child ALWAYS relying on them. Also, not b___stfeeding and bottle feeding for some gives the father, grandparents and siblings a chance to feed the baby. I think that we should be really careful about how we cla__sify people.

It does depend on the pump that you are using. my daughter was born with a cleft palate and couldn't suck on me or a bottle. she was in the children's hospital and fed with a tube in her nose. I did however pump out the milk so that it could be put in her feeding tube. At the hospital when i was using the big pump i had no problem with let down and i could get about 8+ ounces per session. However when i got home and bought a pump i could not get let down and there fore had to supplement with formula and eventually that's what she ended up having. I am b___stfeeding my son now too but i go to school full time so i have to pump and put it in a bottle for him. i only have a little electric pump but it works for me most of the time. Once in a while i can't let-downbut most of the time i can.

im cla__sifying those that refuse to b___stfeed simply because they dont want to do it.I believe that is laziness. I already stated I see nothing wrong with pumping. I intend to pump also when my child is born so others can share in the feeding also. But I would never deny my child a warm, soft b___b full of milk simply because it's " inconvenient " for me. Those are the women I am cla__sifying!

Pumping isn't lazy. It's more work and more uncomfortable than nursing. It wasn't ever intended to be used exclusivly, it's for suplemental feedings during separation. Some people (like teen moms) are not comfortable enough with their bodies to nurse. Pumping is a good alterinaitv for them.

I admire any woman that manages to b___stfeed for ANY length of time. I personally b___stfed either direct or by pumping for six months and it was hard work. It was excruitiating to b___stfeed for the first couple of weeks and if I had swapped to only pumping, which I seriously considered doing, I would have had a thing or two to say to anyone who dared critisise me.

wow...I never thought KRC would be that judgemental. Everyone is different. Some women don't want to b___stfeed. Does that make them any less of a mother than someone who does? Yes, b___st milk is best, but not everyone CAN do it, pump or not. I think you should stop judging others and focus on yourself and your baby. Let others mother their own children their own way.

I can say that I dreaded nursing at times which is why I started pumping and bottle feeding during the day and nursing in the evening and night. I loved having that bonding time with my daughter, but I was so frustrated that she was constantly wanting to nurse while she was awake. Those long nursing sessions lasted up to an hour until she would eventually fall asleep. I was getting somewhat sore, but most of all, I was worried that she was not getting enough milk. She always seemed so hungry when she woke up after nursing...even if she just finished nursing 10 minutes ago. When I bottle fed with b___stmilk, she would go at least an hour and a half, if not two hours, completely satisfied. And I was actually able to play with her and enjoy her in other ways besides nursing as well as get a new needed things done around the house. And I felt more confident that she was getting enough to eat. I don't agree that pumping is lazy. Sometimes it enables you to enjoy other things besides nursing all day.